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Opinion&Analysis
noalternativeto
liberaldemocracy?
samuelabra"flm
Testatusandmeritofliberaldemocracyisahotlydebatedtopic,
especiallyinCentralEurope.TequestionremainswhetherCentral
andEasternEuropeanstates,whichrecentlyappeartobeshifting
moretothefarright,willeventuallyembracewesternliberalism
orwillpopulistandnationalistpoliticsbecomemorewidespread.
TespectreofilliberalismishauntingWesternEurope.Traditionalpartiesseem
unabletorespondtothereal(andinvented)problemsthatEuropeisnowfacing.
Whatismore,illiberalisminrecentyearshasgrownandbecomemorewidely
acceptedinsomeCentralEuropeancountries.TeHungarianprimeminister,
forinstance,infamouslyboastedthathiscountryisanuilliberaldemocracy”
.And
surely,aftersomeproddingandflattery,JarosławKaczyński,theéminencegriseof
Polishpolitics,wouldprobablyagreethatsuchadescriptionwouldapplytothe
statusquoinPolandtoday.Suchadescriptioninthepastwasreservedasstark
criticismformodernautocraticregimeswithpartially-freeelections,butnowit
isbeinglegitimisedasaviablealternativetoliberaldemocracy.Howandwhyhas
thisunexpecteddevelopmenttakenplace?
Blamethebureaucrat
PerhapsthemostsignificantfactorinallofthisisthattheEuropeanUnionhas
graduallyplungedintopoliticalcrisis.Tefirstcrisisbeganin2004,justafterits
greatexpansion.Itwasfollowedbythe2008economiccrisisandaccelerated,as
